[colug-432] IoT devices, IPv6 -- Re: ping on z/VM

[R P Herrold]

Links mentioned last night ('Scribbles' asked):

The ESP8266 is a blast to play with and 'cheaper than dirt 
off' Amazon

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01KE7BA3O/
        a complete project (5 actually) in a box, suitable to
	throwing in a backpack for road-warriors to play with 
	at night on consulting gigs back at the motel
                $ 25

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B072HBW53G
        unit w on-board display -- basically as above but no 
	box and side DHT-11 humidity and temperature sensor, 
	breadboard, or wires
		$ 13

https://smile.amazon.com/dp/B01DK8D4PG/
        a well-stocked nylon bread-boarding experimenters kit, 
	with breadboard ready mounting pins on the daughter 
	cards
                $ 30

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B06VSX7KQC/
        Open Machine Vision ready and daughter-card for under
                $ 30

https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B01FVJ8XSU/
        4 'line voltage' AC relays and an ESP 
		$10

Jim asked in 'Scribbles' about the Sonoff -- I have been 
buying direct from iTead back to at least 2012, and have never 
had a bad experience with their product or service (delivery 
is 'slow boat from China' of course, but that is fine; if I 
need something faster I turn to Amazon, or drive over to 
MicroCenter [who stocks part of their line])

https://smile.amazon.com//dp/B06XHH2D9T/
		$11

upstream with projects

http://sonoff.itead.cc/en/

a wiki

https://www.itead.cc/wiki/Main_Page

and schematics

https://www.itead.cc/wiki/images/f/ff/Sonoff-Schematic.pdf

-- Russ herrold